Collar.



u. I. MANUEL.

COLLAR.

v.WPLIOATION FILED 00T. 9, 190s.

Patent-,ed July 6, 1909.

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` UNITED STATES A,rarEisrr oEEroE.

CHARLES I. MANDEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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To al@ whom it may concern: V

Be ity known that I, CHARLES I.. MANDEU,a

citizeirof the United StatesA of America, rea siding 1n `New York, in the borough of Brooklyn,. county of'Kings, and State of New York,-

have invented certain new and useful Im provements 1n'Collars, of which thefollowing- 1s a specification;

This invention relatesto certain improvenients in collars, and moreespecially to fold ingfcollars for naens and womens wear, in whichby meansof a reinforcing seam at the lower part ofthe multiply-top and a multiply neck Vbaiiflfa narrow portion of less vthickness is forme'lbetween the reinforcing searn of the top and the neckband, so that" the folding upper edge ofthe neck-band witha reinforcingsearn which forms between the seam and upper ledge, of theneck-band a narrow connectlipgportion ofgljess thickness for the convement folding over of the top4 para on the neck-band. e

The" invention consists further of:` certainv additionaldetails ofconstruction which will be `fully describedfhereinafter and finally pointed Yout inthe claims.A i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation vof. my improved fo ding collar before folding the to the neck-band7 Fig. 2 is a similar e evation of a'modified construction of the collar, Figs. 3

and 4 are vertical transverse sections res ec tively on lines 3, 3, of Fig. 1,' and 4, 4, of ig. 2, drawn on a larger scale, and Fig. y5 is a yer-l tical transverse section of the collar with the reinforced top part folded over, also drawn on a larger scale.y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the different figures. y

. Referring to thedrawings c represents the neck-band, and b the foldlng top of my 11nproved collar. ,The neck-band is preferably made of three layers or plies, two at the outside and one at the inside, but any other 'number of layers or plies may be usedso that the required stiffness of the neck-.band is ob- Specification pf Letters Patent.

Application filed (lctober 9, 1908. YSerial` No. 456,969.

-part over of four plies.

Patented July 6, 1909.

tained. The neck-band is made curved, so

as to be readily shaped to fit around the neck offthe wearer.

l The top-.part b is preferably made of four. Go layers or plies, two outside or face-layers and two inside-layers The inside layers h1 are turned in at their up )er edges and stitched to the face-layers by the usual line of stitches b which extends also along the ends of the top. The folding top bis cut on a curved line `correspdnding with the curve of the neckband. The inn er layer or ply adjacent the inner face-layer is turned up above the neckf lia/rid and stitched by two lines of stitches o" to the inner faceelayer of the top, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to form a reinforcing seam. The other inner layer b1 and the facelayers are extended into the upper edge of the neck-` band and stitched'to theA saine at al. `Be- 7 5 tween the reinforcing seam and the upper edge of the neck-band a narrow connecting--r '1 portion d of less thickness than the top is l thus obtained. In place of forming the reinforcing seam of the top in the manner shown in Fig. 3, the outer face-layer can be turned in and stitched by two lines of stitches tothe inner-layer or ply,y as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so 'that 4in this case a pronounced edgcis A formed which runs parallel with the uppcr 80' edge of the neck-band and which leai'es a narrow connecting portion (Z1 between `the top b and the neck-band a of three ply thickness inV the same manner as in the collar` shown in Figs. 1 and 3. the convenient folding of the top over the neck-band in ironing with less effort and pres# 'y sure than is required in ironing the folding' collars heretofore in use.

In the collar shown in Figs. 1 and 3 the 95 narrow eonnectingportion between the top and neck-band is made ofthree plies While the neck-band is made of three and the top It reduces the thickness of the narrow connecting portion so as to permit the easy-folding of the top over the neckband in the same manner as in the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

yIn manufacturing the collar, the upper part of the top is turned in and stitched to the neckband which will hold thedifferent pliesA rigidly while ythe reinforcing seam is made.4 This will hold the lower part of the top in shape so Vthat it will not stretchwhile the top is inserted in the band.

The neck-band is provided at its lower outer edge with a narrow auxiliary band f It thereby permits` 90 y 25 `1position near the neck-band and wi which is stitched@ at its upper and` lower edges tothe outer face of the neck-band and which serves Jfor holding the neck-band of the scarf or other neck-wear in the collar for reventin it iromslipping down onthe neck# and of iefshirt or other arment. The auxiliary band forms a raise shoulder that keeps the neck-band of the scarl:v in lace between the neck-band and turnedown top of the collar.

A second auxiliary band or brace g, of segmental shape, is stitched on the outer face of neck-band a, extending from a point on the upper edge of the same in acurvedline below the rear button-hole and u again to another oint at the u per edge o the neck-band a. ilt is laced be ow the auxiliary bandfirninediete y below the rear-,hole-and serves as a brace for strengthening the neck-band and preventing it' from being stretched out of shav e vwhen washing and ironing the collar.

, e advantages of my improved folding collar are that after the collar, is .ironedthe top will hold itself in the propersha efand orm y the reinforcing seam running arallel with the upper edge of the neck-band etween` the top and the neck-band a narrow space in which the neck-band of the scarf can readily slip so asto facilitate the putting on of the same; further that the arrangement of the reinforcing seam being turnedv 1n one-quarter of an inch, more or less, at theflower p'artfof the top and being stitched 'by two r'pws of stitches tothe top will hold the turned-in part perfectly' secure between the two lines or rows ofMstitches and prevent the top-part from bengstretched Vwhile being inserted into the lipperedge of the neck-band and 40 will also prevent its edge from raveling while being laundered. The thinner connect' portieril `between the top andl neck-ban cilitates the folding over and the shaping v ofthe top, in ironing and revente the breaking of the top at the fol ed edge, whilethe reinforcing seam serves as a guide for fold' the collar at the right place at the'inslde o the narrow portion or roove, formed bev rtween the`neck-band an reinforcing seam. Having thus described my lnvention, I,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1 A folding collar comprising a neck-band i of three or more plies, a top of four or more plies, the inner lower part of the top being reinforced by turning 1n one or more layers and stitching the turned-in ortion so as to` form a reinforcing seam an a narrow connecting portion of less thickness between the top and neck-bandv v 2. A foldingcollar comprising a neck-band of three or more plies, a top made of four or more plies and rovided at the inner lower part o inseam connecte by two rows of stitches,

one of its ayer's or plies with aturned-` l ,the remaining layers or plies being) inserted into the upper edge of the neckand an'd'` stitched thereto so as to'form between the reinforcing seam ofthe top and thenpper' i edge of the neck-band a narrow connecting portion of less thickness than the to 3. A collar, theneck-band of whic isY vided at its outerI lower edge'with an au'X-. u iliary band stitched at -its upper edge tothe face of the neck-band and forming a shoulderv for holdin the scarf in lace.

4. Acol ar, therneckand fwhichis rol` vided with a.v segmental auxiliary'ban on bracev extcndln from a point at'the upper edge of the neoy -band in a curvev below the rear button-hole to apointon -t e' other Aside l 4 and'upper edge of the neckband.

'In testimony, that I claim the foregoing asu PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUIIRBIER. 

